Clothes-line pulley.



R. ALPIN. CLOTHES LINE PULLEY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1904.

PATEN TED FEB. 26, 1907.

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Application filed March 17,1904. Serial No. 198,598.

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Be it known that l, RALPH ALPIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ci Tarrytown, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain4 new and useful Clothes-Line Pulley, of which the following is a speciiication.

This inventionrelates to .the suspension of clothes-lines, and has for its objects a pulley that will admit of the entire length of a pulley-line to be utilized to hang clothes upon, that will allow the clothes-pins to pass over it easily, that will not entangle the garments on the line, and that for packing and vtrans-l portation `to the retail dealers will admit of being shipped in "knoekdown shape. These objects are attained by the means set forth in these speciiications and the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevation in cross-section of one of the pulleys. Fig. 2 is a plan of the sume through line e. Big. 3 illustrates the pulley suspended from a bracket with a line upon the pulley. Fig. i represents tl'iefastening means for securing the 'ends ot the wire arms to the plates. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate abriicket-clam i. Fig. 7 shows a torni of pin holding the pulley. i

The pulley comprises two plates l 2, Figs. 1, 2, united by wire arms 3. "lfhe two plates are substantially alike in construction, and

one of them is shown in plan vin Fig. 2 and both in crossssection in Fig. l, the latter also disclosing the method of securing the wire arms to the )lates Five arms are shown; but more or less may be employed. 'lhese arms are made of wire, the upper terminal being adapted for hooking in the'top plate, as in Fig. i, the upper portion forming a loop projecting upward at an obtuse angle with the top plate, the middle portion curving under the top plate, then'down and out, ior1n ing a loop at its lower portion, the outer wire of the loop resting iii a notch in the bottom ihite, the terminal ol the wire forming the loop adapted to be secured in the plate. The plates have projections i, Fig. 2, that are notched at the ends to receive the wire arms, as at n, Figs. 2 and 4, and are provided with holes 7i', Fig. 4, through which pass the ends of the .wire arms thatvare to be bent down upon the plate. The com iletc form oi' the wire arm is shown at the leit in Fig. 1, showing how the ends ii 'It of the wire arms are bent over upon the plates with some pressure after being passed through the holes in nient oic the wire arms.

the plates, asiat 16 17, the bendingsecuiely fastening the wirearms to the plates. rihe ends 'i of the lates are supplied with lugs l on one or `bot sides, but on one side wiil be suilicient, vwhich form a channel h to receive one part of the wire arms that is bent upon the plate, thus preventing any side movef For transporting these pulleys in bulk the ends of the wire arms are lett straight, and the platesv and arms are shipped disconnected, to be assembled by the purchasers, since it is only necessary to unite the wire arms with the plates and bend the ends of the wire to their` places, as shown.

Between the loops at the lower ends of the arms a ring 5 is inserted. It is made of a size to make contact with the outer portions of the loops and re uires no other fastening, as it cannot be dis Claced. Its object is to prevent the entang ement with the arms of articles hung on the line.

The pulley e is suspended from a bracket t1 by means of a pivotal pin 4, Figs. 3 and 7. Any kind of a bracket may be used, Athe puiley being given an inclination from the perpendicular, as in F ig. 3 g but for the purposes of convenient and compact asking for trans portation and for ease of a justinent for any surface a bracket is shown in Fig. t consists otrods 9 10, having e es on oneend to i receive the pin 4 and wit means at their other ends for fastenin to awall or other'sup.- port, las at 1i l2. T e .two rods are constructed in such a manner thatV when their parts to be joined are brought together and are secured within a clamp'r S (shown in en lar ed detail in Figs. 5, 6) the eyesupon the en s of the rods will be held in the proper position for their respective urposes. Fig; 5 shows the inside of oneof tlie halves of the clamp, showing the grooves 14 l5 made to receive the rods 10'9.

of the closed clamp is shown. This construc- In Fig. 6 an end view.

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tion admits of the bracket being taken apart for transportation. The ends of the rods for fastening to a support may be bent to adapt the bracket to an uneven surface or to giving the pulley any cant that may be desiredfrom the perpendicular.

In the forming of the ainis 3 a short turn is made at the point 3', Figs. l and 3, to overcomel a tendency of the line c to climb on the pulley when it is loaded with Garments. if the line does creep up that high, it drops off readily and falls back to its natural groove,

plate and a. bottom plate, the plates having `oemtral holes for suspension on a shaft, wire arms vertically secured to extensions on said .'plates, the tolps of thel arms extending above and outward y from the top plate, curving inwardly an'd .then out and downward below the bottornyplat'e and back'to the bottom i 2. A "clothes-line plate and a bottom p ate, wire arms vertically "secured to extensions of said plates, the tops plate, and a"ring inelosed within the loops in tliebottoms of the arms, as set forth.

ulley comprising a top of the arms extending above and outward u from the top plate, then curving inwardly and downward, and thence out and downlward below the bottom plate, thence back' ward and up to the bottom plate, a ring within the loop for-med at the lower ends of the arms, a suspending-shaft through the centers of said plates, and av bracket for holding the shaft comprising a pair of arms having eyes at one end for encircling the said shaft, the other ends of' the arms attaohable to a support, one of the arms beingbent and the other straight to lit a clamp, and a clamp to bind the arms in a manner to cant the pulley.

Signed at Tarrytown, in t-he county of Westchester and State of N ew York, this 23d day of February, A. D. 1904.

RALPH ALPIN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT W. EMERSON,

EDW. PARTHEMoRE. 

